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1Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is a Boston-area author and well known writer of thriller novels, several of which have been adapted into film. He's also written for ''Series/TheWire'', and in fact he was the one to write Omar Little's death scene, specifically because no one else wanted to do it.
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3[[folder:His works include]]
4* The Kenzie and Gennaro series
5** ''A Drink Before the War'' (1994)
6** ''Darkness, Take My Hand'' (1996)
7** ''Sacred'' (1997)
8** ''Gone Baby Gone'' (1998) adapted into a film directed by Creator/BenAffleck in 2007.
9** ''Prayers for Rain'' (1999)
10** ''Moonlight Mile'' (2010)
11* The Coughlin Trilogy
12** ''The Given Day'' (2008)
13** ''Live By Night'' (2012) adapted into [[Film/LiveByNight a film]] with Creator/BenAffleck released in January of 2017.
14** ''World Gone By'' (2015)
15* Other books
16** ''Mystic River'' (2001) adapted into a film directed by Creator/ClintEastwood in 2003.
17** ''Shutter Island'' (2003) adapted into a film directed by Creator/MartinScorsese in 2010.
18** ''Coronado: Stories'' (2006)
19** ''The Drop'' (2014) screenwriter, based on his short story "Animal Rescue" and made into a film with Creator/TomHardy.
20** ''Since We Fell'' (2017)
21* Television
22** ''Series/TheWire''. Writer of three episodes and a CreatorCameo.
23** ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', where he appears AsHimself several times.
24** ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' as a creative consultant starting in season 4.
25*** ''Series/{{Blackbird}}'' as the show runner and developer
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28!!Works by Dennis Lehane with their own pages:
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30[[index]]
31* The ''Literature/KenzieAndGennaroSeries''
32** ''Literature/GoneBabyGone''
33* Coughlin Trilogy
34** ''Literature/TheGivenDay''
35** ''Literature/LiveByNight''
36** ''Literature/WorldGoneBy''
37* ''Literature/MysticRiver''
38* ''Literature/ShutterIsland''
39* ''Series/{{Blackbird}}''
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42!!Other works by Dennis Lehane contain examples of:
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44* ConfrontingYourImposter: In the short story "Animal Rescue", a small-time thug had a scary reputation based on the rumor that he'd killed a fellow named Richie Whelan a few years back. The police never pinned it on him, but he used this to intimidate people ... until he tried to push around [[spoiler:the main character]], one of the guys who ''really'' murdered Richie Whelan. Oops.
45* CorporateSamurai: The hitman Kinneavy in the short story "The Consumers", who has enough of a code that, when he's hired by a trophy wife to kill her abusive CorruptCorporateExecutive husband, [[spoiler:kills his client afterwards as well simply because her willingness to enjoy the financial benefits of his business practices disgusts him]].
46* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: He's been mistakenly referred to as the author of several different Boston-based stories, including ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown,'' by both the media and people who actually live in Boston. He's mentioned that sometimes he corrects them, [[SureLetsGoWithThat other times he doesn't.]]
47* CreatorProvincialism: A great many of his novels are set in his hometown of Boston.
48* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Heavy'' on the cynical side, but not completely dark.
49* {{Tuckerization}}: Several characters are based on real people.

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